by admin | Apr 25, 2024 | Health
[ad_1] Lisa Pisano faced heart and kidney failure, rendering her ineligible for traditional transplants, but a pioneering procedure at NYU Langone Health offered hope.Doctors implanted a mechanical heart pump to stabilize Pisano’s failing heart, followed by a...
by admin | Apr 5, 2024 | Health
[ad_1] The first person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has been discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital, the hospital announced on Wednesday.Rick Slayman, 62, had end-stage kidney disease before receiving the life-saving transplant on...
by admin | Apr 4, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from hospital, the BBC said.The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).Organ...
by admin | Mar 22, 2024 | Health
[ad_1] Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a human patient, the hospital announced on Thursday.The 62-year-old patient, Richard Slayman of Weymouth, Massachusetts, had end-stage kidney disease, according to...
by admin | Nov 1, 2023 | Health
[ad_1] Lawrence Faucette, the recipient of the world’s second genetically modified pig heart transplant, has died nearly six weeks after the surgery, as announced by the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) on Tuesday.The 20-year Navy veteran and married...